BNSSG SPONSORSHIP RECRUITMENT SCHEME
FREE Support and advice for social care providers from the BNSSG Sponsorship Recruitment Scheme
Over the last two years we have been running the BNSSG Sponsorship Recruitment Scheme to support our local care providers in Bristol, North Somerset and South Gloucestershire with their sponsorship journeys.
We have, over this period, provided support and shared news via a range of events including webinars and support network sessions, and via our monthly newsletters.
Through our regular information requests, which we ask you as members to complete, we have been able to provide ongoing feedback to Care and Support West and the three councils, and to our local regional partnership helping us to ensure that the support being offered is the most relevant and is as useful as it can be.
More recently we have been supporting sponsored care workers and in particular displaced care workers with employability sessions and Caring in the UK training. Learn more here.
We are continuing to receive funding for this scheme from the government's International recruitment fund for the Adult Social Care allocation which goes to the BNSSG councils, and the project is due to run until December 2026.
Not yet a member of our scheme?
There is still time to join and benefit from the support that the scheme offers.
What is the aim of this scheme?
Over recent months, Care and Support West has spoken to a number of providers who have sponsor licenses. From their feedback, many benefits were apparent. However, they also identified some challenges which highlighted that support is needed for both care providers and international workers.
In view of this, we have worked with our local BNSSG councils to put together a scheme which will give care providers who have a sponsor licence, who applied for one, or are thinking about applying for one - access to a range of offers to support themselves and their international workers on the sponsorship journey.
It will also provide ongoing feedback from care providers to Care and Support West and the three councils to help ensure that the support being offered is the most relevant and useful it could be.
The funding for this scheme has been made available from the government's International recruitment fund for the Adult Social Care allocation to the BNSSG councils. This scheme has been running for over 18 months now, and will continue to run through to December 2026
What support does the scheme offer?
The support includes:
FREE knowledge webinars - with the latest information and sponsorship and immigration news
FREE Caring in the UK training sessions for your sponsored workers
FREE monthly legal updates
FREE guidance from C&SW project staff about the support options available that could be best for your organisation
FREE monthly newsletters
What else?
Once registered we will keep you up to date with all the latest news and events to support your sponsorship journey.
In return we ask that you agree to:
Complete a regular request for details to understand how things are going with sponsorship recruitment in your area
Let us know if your point of contact changes, so that we can send information to the right person
Respond promptly if one of the councils contacts you to ask about any workers who might be displaced
Want to know more?
Download an example newsletter to read more about what the scheme is doing.
What events are upcoming?
What is the BNSSG Sponsored Care Workers app?
We are pleased to announce that we have launched our new Sponsored Care Worker App. This app is aimed at your sponsored care workers to help them settle into living and working in care in our region. It has lots of information about how to do things and services and support that is available to them. If you have sponsored care workers in your organisation please share this app this them.
The app also has an area dedicated to local care providers, with lots of useful information and signposting to help with the complexities of the sponsorship journey.
Information about the Jobs Base in BNSSG
Are you looking for information about how to contact and engage with the BNSSG Jobs Base?
The process to contact and connect with the Jobs Base has recently changed.
To read more and understand the new process click on the button which best applies to you:
Contact Us
Please contact us if you have any questions regarding the Sponsorship Recruitment Scheme, or any of the offers, please email: sponsorship@careandsupportwest.com